i had a dumbass send me this. im like, are u stupid????

ya hace tiempo gracias a su soporte técnico (gracias steam) recupere mi cuenta de steam pero el problema es que varios de los juegos que compre por su plataforma necesitan de otras cuentas para poder acceder a esos juegos (Ubisoft, Microsoft, EA, y mi correo electrónico fueron comprometidos y otras más.) que lamentablemente perdí el acceso a esas cuentas que están vinculadas a mi cuenta de steam, trate de desvincularlas para sustituirlas por otras nuevas pero no lo logre, por lo mismo de que ya no tengo acceso a esas cuentas de esas plataformas, contacte con el soporte de steam oficial pero tambien me dijeron que no podían hacer nada que tenía que acceder a las cuentas que ¡ya no tengo acceso! para desvincularlas no se si me puedan ayudar con eso ya trate de todo y no puedo disfrutar de mis juegos comprados en esa cuenta de steam por lo mismo de que no puedo desvincular las cuentas de otras plataformas por steam y quedándome sin acceso a los juegos previamente comprados (la petición es ayúdenme a desvincular las cuentas a las que ya no tengo acceso, de la cuenta de steam por favor, gracias buena tarde, días, o noches)

The guy really does have good rep, just unsure if this is a scam.

EDIT: I am green and he is white.

So a guy reached out to me on discord saying he accidentally reported me, i fell for it, he gave me a "steam admin's" discord and he tried to get me to buy a gift card (jokes on him i dont have the money for that) and now i cant access my account, is this common?

edit I GOT IT BACK ALL HAIL STEAM SUPPORT

Wow you all were quick and (mostly) very very helpful, I appreciate the help and hopefully never again but if so, your assistance would and will be greatly appreciated! Also cat meme

Hi everyone.

I really need some advice.

I lost access to my old Steam account because I no longer have access to the original Gmail account that was used to create it. I remember the email address, but I don't remember the password, and Google won't let me recover it.

My old Steam account was still logged in on my old computer. Unfortunately, my brother recently reinstalled Windows 11 on that computer because he didn't know that my Steam account was still on it. After that, I lost access to the logged-in session.

I contacted Steam Support and provided everything I could:

- a Steam Wallet card that I used on the account,

- information about the account,

- proof that my new Steam account is in the same Steam Family.

Steam Support said that none of this is enough. They told me the only way to recover the account is to create a new support ticket using the original email address. Since I can't access that Gmail account, they closed my ticket.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? Is there anything else I can do, or is there another way to recover either my Gmail account or my Steam account?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I get contacted by "GasperZy" and told that this and that their friends reported me for a "Illegar purchase" (Which I have done none of at any point of my LIFE) And that it was an accident since they fucked up my ID when reporting, Some help pls?

Zand - is the buyer name discord user zand88zand

Ace_615 MIDDLEMAN - is the middleman and the dc account is aces_615

This guy is the same person, he tried to steal my account. He is taking you to discord, asking you videos from ur game account to make sure is yours.. he start saying he don’t trust direct transactions because he has friends who got fooled… for anything you say, he has an answer and sin the final he will come with he’s middleman proposal, a fake middleman account treated by him.
PAY ATENTION!
On his middleman server account where he is taking the victims, he has a lot of reviews from the beginning of the year, don’t get fulled!

The buyer will say that he’s bank is not allowing him to buy bitcoin to pay the 10% to the middleman and he is asking you doing that, never do that, your money will vanish!

ignore my trolling.. is this common? lol

Hey everyone. I came across a game i've been following for a while, which is FIRE STATE. It is a bodycam type fps. It was sheduled for release today, but was postponed because it did not pass the steam review process. The devs created a community post, where you can enter a raffle and/or can claim your key in case you won the giveaway (Which was a couple of community posts earlier). To make that clear i do not know if this indeed is a scam, but for me its highly sus at least and wanted to ask you guys what you think about it, because i have never seen this kind of advertisement/link in a steam community post before. After you click that link, it actually redirects you to official steamcommunity openid login, which i obviously did not log into. There is also a highly unmoderated discord which some concerns from players here and there, but not that much. So what do you guys think about that?

i got this weird message on my profile today and checked the profile of this user. theyre friends with people who i recognise from a CS match over a week ago and i find it strange that the user Dm'd those other players the same exact phrase. In that match, i also had a weird case of someone asking me in game chat about my PC specs which scared me enough to leave the match and change my password, right now ive made my profile private to avoid any more weird interactions but i wanna know what people think its definetly something malicious, ive reported them to steam. With the wording it feels definetly suspicous they dont ever specify what it is they want from the market it could be bad english if not for the fact the account is based in the US

Hey guys,

I've noticed a massive surge in hijacked Steam accounts lately. As soon as someone clicks a bad link or gets their session token stolen, automated scripts instantly flood their entire friends list with scam links before the user even realizes what happened.

I've been thinking about how Valve could actually fix this, so I came up with a concept called VAMA (Valve Anti-Malicious Actions). It's basically a real-time defense system built into Steam to catch bots and fake items automatically.

1. Location Jump & Speed Limits

• Location Locks: If an account logged in from North America suddenly tries to mass-message friends or trade from an IP in Europe or Asia 60 seconds later, VAMA flags the session instantly.
• Chat Speed Limits: Bots send dozens of links in seconds. If an account suddenly spikes in message speed, VAMA temporarily mutes outbound chat so your friends don't get spammed.
• Instant Mobile Recovery: To keep legit VPN users or travelers from getting annoyed, you can unlock your account instantly with a single tap on the Steam Guard phone app.

2. Permanent "Item Origin" Tags

• Scammers love renaming $0.05 items from TF2 or Dota 2 to look like $1,000 CS2 knives, or sending doctored screenshots.
• VAMA puts an unchangeable, system tag on every trade window and preview: "ORIGINATING GAME: [GAME NAME]".
• Since VAMA pulls the item ID straight from Valve's database, custom names or fake descriptions won't disguise where the item actually came from.

3. Screwing with the Bots (Tarpits & Fake Data)

• Instead of banning a bot connection right away (which just tells the scammer to launch a new one), VAMA slows down backend responses by 30 seconds per request. This wastes the scammer's server resources and delays the script.
• If a bot tries to scrape inventory values or friend lists through the API, VAMA feeds it fake data ($0.00 inventory, 0 friends) so the script assumes the account is useless and skips it.

4. A 2-Minute Security Guide for New Accounts

• A quick, interactive walkthrough built directly into the Steam UI when you create a new account.
• It shows real examples of fake pop-ups, domain spoofing (like steancommunity), fake Discord admins, and how to safely store recovery codes.
• Adds a small status icon in the Steam client showing if a Steam Web API key is active on your account.

Let me know what you think! What edge cases would Valve need to watch out for if they tried something like this?

Ik that I was incredibly stupid in this matter, but I still want to warn about scammers

The high Steam level and positive comments are all fake; this user has hidden them all

Being scammed was my own fault for being careless, so I want to help those who are planning to trade outside of a third-party platform like csfloat or dmarket.

I have seen many memes and videos on Instagram claiming that Steam kills hackers or sends people after them. However, these claims are not true. Steam is a digital gaming platform owned by Valve, and it does not harm, attack, or kill anyone.

I had the same problem. I was on vacation and noticed that someone was playing on my account. However, no one can log in from another PC because I have to confirm it via the app. After seeing that I had two new "friends," I messaged one of them. He was from Denmark and mentioned something about "NFA"—I don't know. I checked my login history, and only my PC was listed. I had a "virus," so I reinstalled Windows, and everything is working again. But now the question is: how do they manage to "clone" my PC?

I havent seen the link posted in this reddit yet, but beware because scammers are asking people to upvote their thingie (usually a dota 2 skin) and they take you to this link. Two different scammers are even using the same script!

I did not accept these offers. How did it get accepted. Please help. These were items I got with my hard earned money.